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Artist: Stephen Sondheim
Canonical path: /sondheim-stephen/being-alive
Related lyric paths: 6
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Being Alive
Read Being Alive lyrics by Stephen Sondheim on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Being Alive
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Someone to hold me too close
Someone to hurt me too deep
Someone to sit in my chair
And ruin my sleep
And make me aware
Of being alive
Being alive
Somebody need me too much
Somebody know me too well
Somebody pull me up short
And put me through hell
And give me support
For being alive
Make me alive
Make me alive
Make me confused
Mock me with praise
Let me be used
Vary my days
But alone
Is alone
Not alive
Somebody crowd me with love
Somebody force me to care
Somebody let me come through
I'll always be there
As frightened as you
To help us survive
Being alive
Being alive
Being alive!
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Stephen Sondheim performs "Being Alive", and this lyric page sits inside the Stephen Sondheim catalog on LyroVerse.
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